Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.

Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his past vaccine and abortion remarks in the first of two days of hearings before senators vote on whether to confirm him as President Trump’s health secretary.

Texas reports a minor measles outbreak due to low vaccination rates. Health officials urge vaccinations to prevent the spread.

Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as his health policy chief.

Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing

Dr. Theresa Tam says all of the people who were recently infected were exposed to measles in Canada, rather than international travel, which was the initial source.

Health officials are urging parents and guardians to make sure their children's vaccinations are up-to-date after measles outbreaks were declared in two health regions Wednesday. Southwestern Public Health and Grand Erie Public Health held a joint news conference Wednesday to declare the outbreaks,

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D), who is also a doctor, says RFK Jr., Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health, contributed to a measles outbreak in Samoa.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on questioning from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) about his vaccine views. “I support the measles vaccine. I support the polio vaccine. I will do nothing as HHS secretary that makes it difficult or discourages” for people to get those vaccines,

The City of Lubbock has confirmed a positive case of measles in an area school-aged child who was recently treated at a Lubbock healthcare facility.